Quicksnap Ice Tray Releases One Cube at a Time

Sometimes you don't need to fill your 5-gallon Mega Xtreme Chill Polar Icecap Gulp with 238 ice cubes to get through the day. Sometimes you just want one or two.

This Quicksnap tray concept won a recent Toyota design competition. A simple enough idea, each cube of ice can be released individually through its own button. As Gizmag points out, especially if you are one of those types who freezes various stocks and sauces, there's an appeal to keeping cubes tray-fresh/organised.

And yes, in the year of 2009, we have access to the world's knowledge with the touch of a button, but we still can't pop out one ice cube at a time. [Gizmag]

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